Definition
尘封 is a literary word that literally means 'covered with dust' and is often used figuratively to describe things that have been neglected, idle, or forgotten for a long time — like memories, projects, or historical records. It is typically used as an attributive adjective (with 的) or in a predicative structure (是…的).
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covered with dustdustylong-unusedidleneglected
Examples
- 尘封。Tā cóng shūjià shàng qǔ xià le yì běn chén fēng de jiù shū.He took down an old dust-covered book from the shelf.
- 尘封。Nàxiē chén fēng de jìyì yòu fúxiàn zài tā de nǎohǎi zhōng.Those long-buried memories surfaced again in his mind.
- 尘封，。Zhège jìhuà yǐjīng chén fēng le duō nián, xiànzài zhōngyú chóngxīn qǐdòng le.This plan had been idle for many years, and now it has finally been restarted.
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